HOUSTON — Draymond Green turned around, tilted his head, then took a few steps away from the court right before a Game 1 free throw to listen intently to … wait a minute now, could that have really been … Zaza Pachulia?

Yes, Pachulia, who walked from the sideline at least 15 feet onto the floor, gestured a few times, spoke into Green’s ear, and then went back to the bench, where, of course, Pachulia has been parked for all but eight garbage-time minutes of this frantic Warriors postseason.

Let’s just point out that Green was in full fire-and-brimstone mode during the Warriors’ huge victory over the Rockets on Monday night when this happened, and yet he stopped when Pachulia had something to say, and Green paid attention.

What was going on there, Zaza?

“When you sit on the bench, you see the court differently,” Pachulia said after the Warriors’ practice at Toyota Center on Tuesday. “When...